COMMENTS AND RESPONSES

I didn't seem that long, Wise. I agree. And, with them splitting the season, we'll get 6 episodes now and then only have to wait 4 months for the next 6. Then the wait until October for season 3 won't be as long. If my favorite show kept airing new episodes in blocks every 3 or 4 months, I'd be happy.

Can't wathc the vid here at work, but I don't have to see it to know how good it is. It's Walking Frakkin' Dead!

I'm just not finding the enthusiasm I thought I'd feel about this show. It's a good show, don't get me wrong, but aside from a few key moments, it's not really the Walking Dead, and I sorta wish they'd just called it something else and changed the character's names so that I'd stop expecting it to follow the books. Far too many liberties have been taken, and far too many extra characters I don't care about have been thrown into the mix. Who the f**k is Merle? Nevermind, I don't care because he does not exist in the books, so he was dead to me from frame one. What's with all of the CDC science bunker sh**t at the end of season 1? 'Completely undermines the entire mystery that surrounds the group's struggle to survive in the first few months of their ordeal. One particular character should be feeding worms at this point, and it annoys the piss out of me that they're dragging it out.

There was no reason to deviate from the source material at all with this show. Even if you did one full hardcover volume of the book per season, you'd have 7 season's worth of material just with what's out now. I know Robert Kirkman has been supportive of the show, but to be fair, he was all but convinced that the comic book would be a failure, so I think he's being a little more forgiving than a creator ought to be.

Bottom line: I'm looking waaay more forward to the release of Hardcover volume 7 of the comic than I am for the show. It's a great show, but it's not really a great adaptation. Between this, and World War Z being totally bastardized I'm pretty bummed.

I'd love for season 2 to adhere to the books better, that'll go along way in restoing my enthusiasm.